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Historic Jump


Posted 10/2/2009

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Chris Lalonde, center, holds his military working dog, Sgt. Maj. Fosco, while jumpmaster Kirby Rodriguez, behind them, deploys his parachute during the militaryÂ’s first tandem airborne jump from an altitude of 12,500 feet onto Gammon Parade Field on Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Sept. 18, 2009. Lalonde is assigned to Company D, 701st Military Police Battalion. Members of the ArmyÂ’s Golden Knights watched the historic jump during Military Police Warfighter Week. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Vince Vander Maarel
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Greyhounds       10/3/2009 1:39:53 AM
So, just how often do they drop the dog?
 
If that dog were to freak and start squirming (please don't tell me it doesn't happen) how could he possibly hang on to it?
 
Or, is the dog secured to the 1st Sgt.?
 
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kisscatman       10/3/2009 12:32:11 PM
I'm sure the dog really appreciated that. Idiots!
 
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Greyhounds       10/4/2009 1:10:34 AM
I'm not opposed to parachuting the dog. 
 
It's a working animal and it's on is way to work.  I just hope they take some precautions so as not to needlessly endanger the animal.  The MP's need dogs, just as civilian police do.  The dog can well be killed doing its job, just as 1st Sgt. Lalonde can. 
 
I accept that as necessary.  I just don't want the dog dropped.  That would waste its life.  I don't want any life wasted, human or canine.  But I accept the fact that sometime brave lives are sacrificed for the greater good. 
 
I just don't want him to drop the damn dog.   
 
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Old Grunt    Not to worry...   10/5/2009 8:26:27 AM
the dog is connected to the jumper.  If you look at the place the risers attach to the harness, you can see the cables that attach to the dog's harness.  Ordinarily it would be a static line jump with the dog between the jumper's legs and with the dog's harness attached to a lowering line.  When the lowering line is deployed, around 50' AGL, it activates a tiny drouge chute on the rear of the dog's harness so the dog weather vanes so it can land facing the direction of drift.  Don't know of any other time a dog has been delivered via freefall however.  Not even sure if a dog has been inserted via static line outside of test and experimentation we did in the mid-90's.
 
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Evan    unimpressed   10/8/2009 6:34:21 PM
I bet that dog is seriously not impressed with this little adventure.  Flying without an aircraft is not normal doggie conduct.
 
 
 
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